In
August 2013, the city of Detroit began to put into service a group
new police vehicles with special markings, that had been donated for
used by the city through the Downtown Detroit Partnership, as a special
lease program. The companies involved with the donations of the
vehicles and vehicle equipment are Penske, Ford Motor Co., Chrysler
Group LLC, Quicken Loans Inc., the Kresge Foundation, General Motors
Co., Platinum Equity LLC, FirstMerit Bank and Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Michigan.